Design and Application of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems in Agile Mass Customization Manufacturing Environment
Manufacturing companies are faced with the challenge of unpredictable, high frequency market changes in both local and international markets. There is a need for greater, more effective responsiveness by manufacturers to change their manufacturing processes. Many manufacturing techniques are based on the principles of Flexible Manufacturing and Dedicated Manufacturing for mass production. Reconfigurable Manufacturing System, (RMS), is a manufacturing system that can provide for Agile Manufacturing, (AM). This has lead to research on the concept, design and equipment implementation for RMS. RMS requires three key capabilities: rapid changeover between products, rapid introduction to new products and unattended operation. The relationship between these manufacturing techniques has been investigated. Research has been focused on the design of Reconfigurable Modular Machine, (RMM), for RMS. The research has addressed the design of subsystems for RMM by using the generic modular mechatronic control. This approach includes modular machine controller hardware, software, mechanical design and generic “plug-and-play capability. These design of subsystems allowed for rapid reconfiguration of RMS that increased system efficiency and significantly minimized manufacturing change over downtime.
RMS MCM Modular Mechatronic Control
Bo XING WenJing GAO Nkgatho S.TLALE Glen BRIGHT
Counsil of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),Material Science & Technology (MST),0001 Pretor Wirtschaftswissenschaften,Universitat Kassel,34109 Kassel,Germany School of Mechanical Engineering,University of KwaZulu-Natal,4001 Durban,South Africa
国际会议
北京
英文
2007-05-30（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）